Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad.

This week multi-award winning writer and NYT bestseller Paolo Bacigalupi talks to Mahvesh about his new book The Water Knife, climate change, writing thrillers with strong ideologies, and diversity. You can also read Mahvesh’s review of The Water Knife here on Tor.com.